When you're staring at the blinking cursor, nothing else matters. You're just totally stressed and hoping something changes. Once you start typing, you might feel some relief, but you also might be ...

Writer's block has left many screenwriters staring at the blinking cursor. AI tools can help them get over the finish line, but that raises a few questions: Did you write that story? Or did your ...

In Hollywood, there seem to be two camps when it comes to AI. Some preach how it will change how films are made, but with few tangible examples to back up the capabilities of the new technology. On ...

Writing for an animated film is like painting on an infinite canvas—there are literally no bounds. You don’t have to worry about expensive or dangerous stunts, keeping your sets small for the sake of ...

The exposition is the facts of your story. It's all the facts about the characterisation, the history, the society, the physical setting and so on. You only need to include the facts that the audience ...

Perhaps more than any profession, writers are infamous for their quirky and possibly counterproductive on the-job habits. In his heyday, screenwriter Paul Schrader would write exclusively at night, ...

Read your screenplay aloud to hear if it flows well. Remember film is all about images. "If you don't cut down your dialogue somebody else will and they'll be less merciful than you! Cut to the quick.

Content is king. We have heard that one too many times. A script is the spine of any creative output. A script, however, is not just a “creative document,” says Bollywood dialogue and screenplay ...

Henry joined hundreds of other students to collect his degree from Royal Holloway, University of London. Sir Lenny Henry has graduated with a PhD in Media Arts. (Royal Holloway) Comedian Sir Lenny ...